veth: fix skb length accounting after XDP frag adjustment (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-74612
CRITICAL 10.0

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.49 % · percentile 42 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: veth: fix skb length accounting after XDP frag adjustment veth exposes non-linear skb fragments through an xdp_buff. If an XDP program adjusts the fragment area, veth_xdp_rcv_skb() copies xdp_frags_size back to skb->data_len but leaves skb->len containing the old fragment contribution. After a fragment shrink, this makes skb_headlen() larger than the actual linear area. In the reproduced UDP receive path, __skb_datagram_iter() copied 1024 bytes past the actual linear tail to userspace, starting at struct skb_shared_info. The copied bytes included the affected skb's nr_frags, xdp_frags_size, and a kernel pointer from skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[0]. Real packet data was displaced by the same amount and truncated at the end. Subtract the old data_len before replacing it and add the new data_len afterwards, keeping skb->len and skb->data_len synchronized. Additionally, bpf_xdp_pull_data() can advance data_end while leaving frags present. The skb is then still non-linear, so the old __skb_put(skb, off) triggers SKB_LINEAR_ASSERT(). Use skb_set_tail_pointer() and update skb->len explicitly instead, following bpf_prog_run_generic_xdp(). Unlike __skb_put(), skb_set_tail_pointer() does not require a linear skb. A 60000-byte UDP datagram on a veth pair with MTU 64000 was shortened by 1024 bytes from its fragment area. Before the fix, all 10 runs produced corrupted payloads. After the fix, all 10 runs matched the expected payload exactly. A forced-tailroom reproducer also exercises bpf_xdp_pull_data() with frags still present; the old code triggers SKB_LINEAR_ASSERT(), while this fix passes 10/10 runs.

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 718a18a0c8a67f97781e40bdef7cdd055c430996 < 0c3024afabb8064b141f3cedcb1ddd6ab05ad9d5 ; affected 718a18a0c8a67f97781e40bdef7cdd055c430996 < 2f2a7f3f8b9f1bffc9b0488aa02b6951b2aec139 ; affected 718a18a0c8a67f97781e40bdef7cdd055c430996 < 41b96667d42b74bb4b137f1bb78b611a953c5943 ; affected 718a18a0c8a67f97781e40bdef7cdd055c430996 < cdf745b7a777f87f51666e5d8f4c6fc279bcf54d ; affected 718a18a0c8a67f97781e40bdef7cdd055c430996 < 3205b0652a37255dbb7ca8f3d942c8d8aa677c21 ; affected 718a18a0c8a67f97781e40bdef7cdd055c430996 < cb6379feaaff11c4e1e79c26c745ffa23182768a
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.18 ; unaffected 0 < 5.18 ; unaffected 6.1.184 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.152 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.104 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.45 ≤ 6.18.*

Sources

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CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD